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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Report from Salem on the high emoluments of Boston's Naval Office, enjoyed by a Revolutionary War sufferer, with anticipated future public appropriation of profits and criticism of a petition offering 400l for the position.
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We hear that the emoluments of the Naval Office at Boston, for the year past, amount to about L. 1250. Though this is a much larger income than ought to be annexed to such an office in a republican government, (or, indeed, in any other) yet we reflect, with pleasure that it is enjoyed by a gentleman, who has been one of the greatest sufferers in the late struggle for Liberty and Independence.
It is thought that provision will be made, during the present session, for appropriating, in future, part of the profits of the above office to public use.
a petition, we hear, has been preferred to the G.C. for the place of Naval Officer, in Boston, with an offer of 400l. for the use of Government. "It is truly astonishing," says a writer in the Centinel, "that there should be a person found so ignorant and hardy as to frame a proposal, so abhorrent to republican principles, and so repugnant to decency"
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Boston
Event Date
June 14
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emoluments amount to about l. 1250 for the year past; anticipated provision to appropriate part of future profits to public use; petition offered 400l for the position, criticized as abhorrent to republican principles.
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The Naval Office at Boston yields high emoluments enjoyed by a gentleman who suffered greatly in the struggle for Liberty and Independence; provision expected during present session to direct future profits partly to public use; a petition to G.C. offers 400l for the position, decried by a Centinel writer as ignorant and indecent.